Assignments
- Each students must maintain a daily log of activities. The log should include what was done including pictures.
- Timeline
- Research Report
- Lab Report
-Aquarium Observations
- Culminating Project - Video
The video should be done as a news report on the cardboard canoe and include all background activities and science
Your group must secure a date for the competition and arrange permission with the administration and PE dept (in charge of the pool)
Activities
Timeline: Create a timeline for the activities outlined below
- Research: This should be done the following topics: canoes, buoyancy, how steel ships float, engineering of ships
Summarize your work in a media format: PowerPoint, Movie, etc
- Buoyancy Lab: What affects the weight of an object under water?
Report on this work
- Small Scale work: Use clay and an aquarium to make observations and collect data on how things float
- Model: Build model canoes with cardboard and make observations
- Contest Entry: Build the full scale work
Assignments
- Each students must maintain a daily log of activities. The log should include what was done including pictures.
- Timeline
- Research Report
- Lab Report
-Aquarium Observations
- Culminating Project - Video
The video should be done as a news report on the cardboard canoe and include all background activities and science
Your group must secure a date for the competition and arrange permission with the administration and PE dept (in charge of the pool)
Activities
Timeline: Create a timeline for the activities outlined below
- Research: This should be done the following topics: canoes, buoyancy, how steel ships float, engineering of ships
Summarize your work in a media format: PowerPoint, Movie, etc
- Buoyancy Lab: What affects the weight of an object under water?
Report on this work
- Small Scale work: Use clay and an aquarium to make observations and collect data on how things float
- Model: Build model canoes with cardboard and make observations
- Contest Entry: Build the full scale work